Here are all our forthcoming events that have been planned to date.
More will be added when they are arranged.
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The Pond Owner’s Calendar
Linda Smith
Sunday 28 February 2010
Benenden Village Hall, 2.30pm map
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
A talk with slides for the ‘hands on gardener’, to show propagation and other tasks as well as highlights for each season.
Waterside Nurseries is a family run company based in Sharnford, Leicestershire operating since 1995.
In addition to the nursery, Linda Smith Read more
Talking Plants ***
Ashford
Thursday 25 March 2010 10.30am
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form in the Winter Newsletter.
Get Ahead & Add Drama to the Late Summer Border
Christine Skelmersdale
Sunday 28 March 2010
Lenham Community Centre 2pm map
This lecture will follow the Indoor Plant Sale. Details
The Plant Sale is open to the public.
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
Lady Skelmersdale runs Broadleigh Gardens, a nursery which specialises in unusual bulbs. She lectures widely and is an active plant hunter Read more
Indoor Plant Sale - Lenham
Sunday 28 March 2010
Lenham Community Centre map
11am to 1.30pm
The plant sale is open to the public.
It will be followed by a members lecture meeting. Details
Once again we have planned this very popular early indoor plant sale giving you the opportunity to browse the nursery stands in the comfort of a warm hall Read more
Day Trip to Essex & Suffolk ***
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum, Essex
East Bergholt Place & Nursery, Suffolk
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Our morning visit is to Marks Hall at Coggleshall, the main purpose of which is to see the arboretum. Read more
Plant Sale - Godinton
Sunday 18 April 2010
Godinton House and Gardens
Ashford TN23 3BP
2pm to 5pm map
Admission £4.00 (HPS members £3.50)
House and gardens £7.00
Event open to the public
Godinton is the venue for our first outdoor plant sale of the season. Read more
Talking Plants ***
Frittenden
Saturday 24 April 2010
10.30am and 2.30pm
A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.
This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.
Full details and booking form in the Winter Newsletter.
Pansies, Violas and Sweet Violets
Elizabeth Farrar
Sunday 25 April 2010
Headcorn Village Hall 2.30pm map
followed by
Seedling Swap and Sale
Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.
Elizabeth Farrar’s passion is for pansies, violas and sweet violets and and she will talk to us about the history and cultivation of these much loved but often misunderstood plants. Read more
